The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-12

Governor McEnery has not dared
! to appeal to the people in his
own behalf or confront them a.
has General Francis r. Nichols,
He has not come before the peo-
pie to answer the charges that
have been made against him like q
man. He has not met the storm
of opposition to him as has his
sturdy opponent, conscious of the
right and able to explain every
point of his career.
General Nichols, like q true
aspirant for public honors, has
fairly met all the attacks made
upon him, and has discussed them
before the people. Will Governor
McEnery do the same T? Has he
attempted the same ? Does Gov.
McEnery explain the great Land
Contract, by which his brother is
possessor of hundreds of thou
sands of acres of State lands to-day
for only nominal service rendered?
Does he explain why his friend
and the friend of his brother, the
contractor of these lands, was
allowed to put into the treasury of
the State tens of thousands of
dollars of illegal warrants in place
of the money sent to him to 90
into the fund for building levees
in this State !?
Does he explain Why he was so
dilatory in stopping the robbery of
the Levee and Drainage Fund of
the State through his brothers
contract FOR ONE-HALF THE LAND
alleged to be recovered, besides
large sums of money for indemnity
on lands sold, which money be-
longed of right to the people of
this Stats p
Does he deny the appointment of
Witkowski in West Carroll parish,
and the intrusting to him Of ali
the power which resulted in the
damDable and outrageous wrongs
heaped upon that parish through q
vile and ignorant tool of his .sys-
tenn of machine rule, and which
made the people, there rise in
mutiny?
Does he deny the choice of the
Estilette Ring appointees to rule
the parish of St Landry after the
Democratic people according to his
executive pledge had held an cleo
ton and decided otherwise?
Does he deny that he usurped
in the interests of his Ring rule
the wishes of the people of East
Baton Rouge, and appointed in
stead of the parties they chose at
an election those named privately
by the governors followers?
Does he deny that he has given
to James d. Houston the patronage
of the great parish of Orleans, and
that he Houston has swayed it
for his own purposes, irrespective
of the great body of 10000 Demo-
Gratis in this Democratic strong
hold of this State /?
Does he deny that this confding
to the care of James d. Houston
the supervision of the parish of
Orleans has involved the appoint
ment over the franchises Of this
city of professional gambler who,
however honorable he may be per-
sonally, yet stands confessed as q
successor of his brother and sue
ceeded in the line by dictation from
Houston and has command over
our franchises |?
Does he deny that he has tram
pied in the dust the wishes not
only of St Landry and East Baton
Rouge parishes as expressed by an
election of the Democrats OF those
parishes held under the auspices
Of the Parish Executive Commit
tees, but of many other parishes
that similarly exercised their
choice p
Does he deny that he did not in
this manner violate the wishes of
the people of VIM parish, and in
that violation appointed Will A.
Strong as q member of their police
jury, and retained him there for
two years after he knew be was q
and hv the constitution